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King George III's Children. A well-themed collection of 21 autographs of King George III's children and 2 of his grandchildren, c. 1793-1873, including a vellum army commission document signed by George IV as Prince Regent and countersigned by Viscount Sidmouth, 1813, a cut signature of William IV, the remainder of the collection mostly Autograph Letters Signed by Prince Frederick, Duke of York (plus additional subscription and signature cut from a letter), King William IV, Brighton, 'Wednesday morning', c. 1811-20, saying to the unnamed recipient that he cannot ask anything of present Board of Admiralty, but cannot see why an officer's application for a pension on account of a wound should prevent his promotion, and advises his correspondent to present a petition to the Prince Regent through the Home Secretary, one page, 4to, Queen Adelaide (autograph card initialled and cut signature), Sophia FitzClarence, Adolphus FitzClarence, Princess Charlotte Augusta Matilda, Prince Edward, Duke of Kent, Princess Victoria Mary Louisa, Duchess of Kent, Princess Augusta Sophia, Princess Elizabeth, Prince Ernest Augustus, Duke of Cumberland, Prince Augustus Frederick Duke of Sussex (plus armorial bookplate), Prince Adolphus Frederick, Duke of Cambrige (plus additional subscription with signature cut from a letter), Princess Augusta of Hesse-Cassel, Duchess of Cambridge, Princess Mary, Duchess of Gloucester, Prince William Frederick Duke of Gloucester, Princess Sophia and Princess Amelia, mostly 1 or 2 pages, 4to/8vo, all loosely filed in a modern album of polysleeves with computer-printed descriptions and some related portraits and information, mostly from magazines (Quantity: 24) Provenance: David Gilson & Chris Viveash Collection. A fine collection of autographs of thirteen of the fifteen children of King George III, lacking only those of Octavius and Alfred who both died in childhood. The collection also includes five letters from spouses and two from the children of King William IV, Sophia and Adolphus FitzClarence.